The drunken scotsman Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 2019/12/15 : 16:16:42
Coming from Edinburgh I have a vested interest in Josh Taylors career and even more so as he supports the same football team as I do and is talking about having a future fight at Easter Road stadium. He is already one of the all time best Scottish boxers.
Anyway his fight against Regis Prograis recently was my fight of the year. Two technically great fighters in a closely fought 12 rounds and the correct decision in the end. Great respect between the two as well which is always good to see.
The heavyweight division has great potential but we need to see some of these big fights happening in 2020. Wilder fury 2 will be interesting, I just hope Fury gets a fair shake on the scorecards this time if it goes the distance. Joshua back in the mix now so it will be very disappointing if he doesn?t fight the winner of wilder fury 2 later in the year. Usyk has the potential to make things interesting too.
Si Thompson Advanced Member
United Kingdom
3,362 posts Joined: Mar, 2016
Posted - 2019/12/15 : 21:39:12
quote:Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
Coming from Edinburgh I have a vested interest in Josh Taylors career and even more so as he supports the same football team as I do and is talking about having a future fight at Easter Road stadium. He is already one of the all time best Scottish boxers.
Anyway his fight against Regis Prograis recently was my fight of the year. Two technically great fighters in a closely fought 12 rounds and the correct decision in the end. Great respect between the two as well which is always good to see.
The heavyweight division has great potential but we need to see some of these big fights happening in 2020. Wilder fury 2 will be interesting, I just hope Fury gets a fair shake on the scorecards this time if it goes the distance. Joshua back in the mix now so it will be very disappointing if he doesn?t fight the winner of wilder fury 2 later in the year. Usyk has the potential to make things interesting too.
I have Josh Taylor as number 1 British fighter currently. I did have it 50/50 between him and Callum Smith, but after Smith's last performance against Ryder. If Fury beats Wilder in the rematch in Feb, He goes back to number 1 in my UK ratings.
The drunken scotsman Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 2019/12/16 : 12:46:21
I think Smith went down in a lot of peoples estimation after his last fight. I thought he was superb against Groves earlier in the year and is huge for the weight class. But he was totally exposed by Ryder and imo he lost that fight, the cards were ridiculous. I just cant take to Smith for some reason, just has no personality, the same as all of the smith brothers. His coach is a complete bellend as well.
Si Thompson Advanced Member
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Posted - 2019/12/16 : 14:26:42
quote:Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
I think Smith went down in a lot of peoples estimation after his last fight. I thought he was superb against Groves earlier in the year and is huge for the weight class. But he was totally exposed by Ryder and imo he lost that fight, the cards were ridiculous. I just cant take to Smith for some reason, just has no personality, the same as all of the smith brothers. His coach is a complete bellend as well.
I agree with all of that. Paul Smith is the worst out of the brothers. What a c**t he is.
The drunken scotsman Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 2019/12/22 : 09:37:37
Watched the boxing on BT Sport last night, Daniel Dubois knocked out a Japanese Heavyweight who id never heard of. Afterwards they were trying to build a potential fight between Dubois and Joe Joyce. That build up would be painful. Joe Joyce is car crash material on tv. Hes clearly taken a few too many punches and is severely lacking brain cells. Dubois is not much better. I reckon my 5 month old boy has a higher IQ than both of them combined.
Si Thompson Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 2019/12/23 : 14:45:57
quote:Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
Watched the boxing on BT Sport last night, Daniel Dubois knocked out a Japanese Heavyweight who id never heard of. Afterwards they were trying to build a potential fight between Dubois and Joe Joyce. That build up would be painful. Joe Joyce is car crash material on tv. Hes clearly taken a few too many punches and is severely lacking brain cells. Dubois is not much better. I reckon my 5 month old boy has a higher IQ than both of them combined.
Samination Advanced Member
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Posted - 2020/01/13 : 14:57:53
quote:Originally posted by Si Thompson:
The hardest puncher P4P in the history of Boxing.
At the time, people always said that Mike Tyson was a hard hitter, but where would be be ranked today?
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The drunken scotsman Advanced Member
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Posted - 2020/01/23 : 06:16:26
Pac-man has been one of my favourites for a while. Love his style and hes been involved in some great fights over the years. To still be performing at this level all these years later is some achievement.
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